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Blast From the Past: A Tale of the 1987 Stock Market Crash, ‘Nightline,’ Muppets and the Genius of Jim Henson and Frank Oz
#Variety #News #BillPrady #Muppets #StrictlyBusiness

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/muppets-bill-prady-nightline-1987-stock-crash-henson-oz-1236385600/

meanwhile, at mcdonald’s japan…

Look! In the Sky!

Ernest Casimir’s Hat with a Bullet Hole, anonymous, in or before 1632

felt (textile), h c.16cm × d c.45.5cm
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/NG-NM-7445
#rijksmuseum #musea #collection #art #mastodonart #mastoart #random

When you fill in your sensitive medical data to shop for health insurance, the last place you expect it to go is LinkedIn. @themarkup’s investigation indicates that Covered California did exactly that as part of an advertising campaign. Via trackers, LinkedIn received info about gender, ethnicity, marital status, how often site visitors saw their doctors, and whether they were pregnant.

https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/04/28/how-california-sent-residents-personal-health-data-to-linkedin

#Tech #Technology #HealthInsurance #Health #California #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Trump Argues Toy Shortages Easily Overcome By Making Servants Dance

WASHINGTON—Acknowledging that his tariff hikes could result in a frozen supply chain this holiday season, President Donald Trump claimed Friday that any toy shortages Americans experienced could be easily overcome by making the family’s servants dance for their children’s enjoyment. “Maybe instead of 30 dolls this Christmas, chi…
#theonion
https://theonion.com/trump-argues-toy-shortages-easily-overcome-by-making-servants-dance/

New tariffs are now hitting cheap US imports from China https://www.theverge.com/news/659676/us-de-minimis-expires-trump-import-tariffs-china

"You have companies using #copyright-protected material to create a product that is capable of producing an infinite number of competing products," Chhabria told #Meta's attorneys. "You are dramatically changing, you might even say obliterating, the market for that person's work, & you're saying that you don't even have to pay a license to that person."

"I just don't understand how that can be #FairUse," Chhabria said.

#tech #AI #IntellectualProperty #law

Make it harder for people to mistake their interactions with AI for interpersonal relationships: that's how you make them healthier.

But where's the money in that?

About this RDP credential caching thing from @Nadsec ...

In its response to Wade’s report, Microsoft said it had updated online documentation here to make users better informed about the behavior.

A job done, Microsoft. Per your own documentation, there are two types of Interactive login:

• Local and domain logon (direct physical access to the computer)
• Remote logon (Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP))

At a glance, one might conclude that the warning in red on the Microsoft page does not apply to RDP, as RDP is clearly a Remote logon option and not a Local and domain logon.

However, if you go through the Local and domain logon words very carefully, you'll see that Remote Desktop Services (RDS) is part of Local and domain logon. 🤦‍♂️

Did I use RDS or RDP in my test? I honestly don't know. Both the client and the server simply say "Remote Desktop".

Am I being pedantic here? Perhaps. But if you're creating documentation for real-world users, you better make it CRYSTAL CLEAR what you're talking about. And I'll admit that I personally do not believe that this warning applies to Remote Desktop logins.

Yes, some people will say that "we all know this behavior". But we don't all know this. I'll bet dollars to donuts that I'm not the only person on the planet who is surprised by this behavior. And surprises in the infosec world are, how do I put this... not good.

Meet the winners of the 2025 Dance Your PhD contest
There are four broad categories—physics, chemistry, biology, and social science—liberally defined
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/meet-the-winners-of-the-2025-dance-your-phd-contest/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Scientists on the Trump regime’s war on science in the US. “However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.” https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-insiders-trump-dismantling-and-destroying-everything

Why Lawrence of Arabia Still Looks Like a Billion Bucks. “I got to see Lawrence of Arabia on a big screen last fall and it was stunning — the colors, the amount of detail, the cinematography in general.” https://kottke.org/25/05/why-lawrence-of-arabia-still-looks-like-a-billion-bucks

Of all of the people living on Earth, only 4% are US citizens.

Less than 3% of the world's population are white US citizens.

Less than 1.8% of the world's people are white US citizens that support fascist, racist, policies.

The point: A very small number of people can make life awful for everyone.

The problem isn't "white people." Most white people on Earth don't choose this.

The problem isn't "Americans." Most Americans don't choose this either.

The problem isn't even "racist nazis." Most countries on Earth aren't silly enough to let the racist nazis be in charge, and aren't this strong.

Chronologically, we are closer to 2060 than to 1960. But ideologically, racist Americans would rather bring 1960 back, than progress to 2060.🤦🏿‍♂️

This is embarrassing.

The other 98.2% of the people on Earth reject this vision like a cat throwing up a hairball: vigorously, with much noise and retching.

Racism was a useful tool for adding to a nation's wealth in the 1800s and prior.

In the 1900s it was net neutral.

From this point on and into the future, racism is a negative that leads to a nation's downfall and decline. Some of you want to argue with me about this even as the US economy spirals.

The US is barely holding on after 100 days of our re-invigorated racism. Picture where we would be after 100 years of this mess.

We have exactly two choices:

1) Grow up. Get our racism under control.

2) Hang on to our precious racism, and go down with the ship as the world leaves us behind.

If you're thinking "How dare you call racism a useful tool!" or "We should end racism because it's the right thing to do, not to stop national decline!"

1st, unclutch your pearls, then unclench your cheeks.

2nd, I don't know if you've been paying attention, but US folk don't just do the right thing.

“According to TechCrunch, sessions will start at $65 for 30 minutes or $120 for 60 minutes, with options for either photo or video packages. Users can expect 10 to 15 images or 5 to 10 short videos, suited for platforms like Instagram Reels and TikTok“
https://toot.earth/@PetaPixel/114433111100209935

@crooksandliars

“#Transgenic mice, not '#transgender mice', are mice whose DNA has been modified–genes have been added or removed–so that scientists can use them as models to study the impact of genes on #health & #disease. Still, #Trump claimed that the #Biden admin was spending millions to ‘make mice transgender’.…

“#Agriculture Secy #BrookeRollins praised dipshit billionaire #ElonMusk for canceling the study of ‘transgender’ mice, which never happened.”

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🤖 “Recording started with six attendees present on the call. They discussed their plans for the weekend. Elaine is thinking of going to the cinema but says there is nothing good on. Michael said he was going to the cinema that evening to see “The Accountant 2”. Dan will be celebrating a family birthday, an aunt who he doesn’t see much but should see more of. Suggested action items: Michael to report back to Elaine on “The Accountant 2”; Dan to call his aunt each month.”
https://flipboard.com/@theeconomist/business-hem5o07nz/-/a-azQfM4SrQrG7beMCVf9igA%3Aa%3A3199507-%2F0

Happy May Day! This is hand-pulled lino block print of the Jack-in-the-Green (or Jack o’ the Green) an English folk tradition for May Day. Wearing a conical or pyramidal wicker or wooden frame covered in foliage so as to conceal the wearer, the Jack-in-the-Green leads a May Day procession, dancing often with musicians and other figures. 🧵1/2

🌸🍀💐🌿🌷🌱

#MayDay #printmaking #linocut #washi #JackInTheGreen #JackOTheGreen #springtime #Beltane #folklore #folkTraditions #mastoArt